Novelty display cover and container



NOVELTY DISPLAY COVER AND CONTAINER Filed Dec. 16, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l5 Y 20 r E 1 "83 23 1 30 s is 5 EIGEvV INVENTOB ALBERT.A.WEBB

ATTORNEY Nov. 7, 1933. A A W 1,934,218

NOVELTY DISPLAY COVEI} AND CONTAINER Filed Dec. 16, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet2 INVENTUR ALBERT-ANVEBB Patented Nov. 7, 1933 NOVELTY DISPLAY COVER ANDCONTAINER Albert A. Webb, .Westmount, Quebec, Canada, assignor toImperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Limited, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaApplication December 16, 1931 Serial No. 581,477

6 ams. Y (01. 206-44) This invention relates to display containers forcigarettes, tobacco and other commodities and particularly to a displaycontainer or" the kind'disclosed in Canadian Patent No. 217,188, grantedMarch 21, 1922.

The container disclosed in said patent is characterized by the provisionof a removable cover including retaining and display card portionsjoined together along a fold line permitting the display card portion tobe arranged in a horizontal position' covering the container contents orin an inclined or substantially upright display position. in thisconstruction the retaining portion is arranged in upright position againstone of the vertical walls of the container body and is held againstdisplacement solely by engagement with the container contents.Consequently when the container is emptied of its contents there is atendency for the retaining portion to become displaced by the weight ofthe display card portion when the latter is in its display position. Thepresent invention overcomes this objection by providing an interlockingconnection between the cover and the container body, which is efiectiveto securely hold the cover in its display position irrespective ofwhether the container is filled or is emptied of its'contents. Afurtherfeature of the present invention consists also in the provisionof an improvedform of container body especially adapted for interlockingengagement with the cover.

Proceeding now to a more detailed discussion of the invention referencewill be had to the accompanying drawings, whereinr Fig. l is a plan viewof a special form of blank from which the container. body forming partof this invention is adapted to be formed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through a partly erectedcontainer formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1. This view also shows acover in vertical section assembled with the con--.

tainer.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a complete container and cover assembly.r

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig.3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a display cover blank provided in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing a slightmodification. I

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a complete container and display coverassembled with the cover arranged to overlie the container contents.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,-

the body portion of the container is preferably formed from a blank ofthe type shown in Figure 1.' This blank is provided with score lines 11defining a bottom wall 12 lying between the side wall sections 13'. Eachsection 13 is joined" along the fold line 14 to a supplementary sidewall section 15, the latter being provided with a flap extension 16joined thereto'along the fold line 17. A pair of end' walls 18 areformed integral with the bottom wall 12 along the fold lines 19, eachend wall being provided with a pair of laterally extendinglocking flaps20 joining said wall along the fold lines 21. The outer portion of eachflap 20 is reduced invwidth I v and partially separated from the bodyofthe flap by a slit 22 to form a locking tongue 23, said tongue joiningthe body of the flap along a fold line 2 1 coinciding with the slit 22.The companion locking tongues 20 of each end wall 18 are reverselyarranged as shown and adapted to 7 interlock with the correspondingtongues of the remaining end wall. At points near the fold lines 11 thebottom wall 12 is also provided with looking tongues struck from thematerial of said wall, as indicated at 12a.

- The folding. of the blank into box formationis illustrated toadvantage in Figures 2 to 4 inclusive. The end walls 18 are bent alongthe fold lines 19 to extend upwardly from the bot tom wall 12. Thelocking flaps 20 of each end wall are bent inwardly along the fold lines21 and arranged with the tongues 23 of one pair of flaps disposed ininterlocking relation with the tongues 23 of the remaining pair, asshown to advantage in Figure 2. The side wall sections 13 are thenfolded upwardly along the fold lines 11 to lie outwardly of the adjacentflaps 20, the supplementary side wall sections 15 being foldeddownwardly along thefold line 14 to lie against the inner sides of saidflaps. The flap extension 16 of the sidewall sections 15 are thenengaged beneath the locking tongues 12a of the bottom wall 12, as shownto advantage in Figure 3.

The display cover which forms the principal 0 feature of this inventionis preferably made from the blank shown in Figure 5. It comprises adisplay card 26 and a retaining portion 27 integrally joined togetheralong the fold line 28'. The lower corners of the display card26 are 1separated from the retaining portion 27 by hori-. zontal slits 29coinciding with the fold line 28'. The innere'nds of the slits 29are'extended upwardly a short distance to form vertical slits 30 therebyprovidinglocking tongues 31 joined to the body portion of the displaycard along the fold line 32. The sides of the retaining portion areextended beyond the display card in the former" laterally projectingflaps 33 foldable along the score line 34. The display cover is adaptedto be selectively arranged in the body portion of the container toassume a substantially upright display position as shown in Figs. 2 to 4inclusive or to assume a horizontal position overlying the containercontents as shown in Figure '7. On referring to the first mentionedfigures, it will be noted that the retaining portion 2'? is arrangedagainst the inner surface of one of the end walls 18 with the flaps 33of said retaining portion inserted between the side wall sections 15 andthe adjacent end wall locking flaps 20. In this position of the displaycover the locking tongues 31 are bent outwardly along the fold lines 32and engaged with the outer surface of the end wall 18 to hold thedisplay card 26 in the upright position shown, the inner or both theinner and outer surfaces of the display card 26 having suitableadvertising matter printed or otherwise arranged thereon. When thedisplay card is to be disposed in a horizontal position to overlie thecontainer contents, this is accomplished by raising the retainingportion 27 until the lower edges of the tongues 31 clear the upper edgeof the end wall 18. The display card 26 is then folded inwardly alongthe fold line 28 to assume the horizontal position shown in Figure '7.In this connection it will be noted that the upper edges of the flaps 33terminate a sufiicient distance below the upper edges of the side wallsections 13 to permit the upward movement of the retaining portion 2'7necessary to disengage the locking flaps 31 with the end wall 18.

The display cover shown in Figure 6 is substantially the same as that,shown in Figure 5 except that the side flaps 331 of the retainingportion 27 are omitted. These side flaps are not absolutely necessarysince the engagement of the locking tongues 31 with the end wall 18 ofthe container body provides an interlocking connection which isordinarily sufficient to retain the display card 26 in the positionshown in Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive. The interlocking connection providedbetween the display cover and the container body by reason of thetongues 31 and the flaps 33 or by reason of the tongues 31 alone is ofadvantage in that it serves to eifectively retain the display cover intheposition shown in Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive after the container has beencompletely emptied of its contents. Without this interlocking connectionthere is a tendency for the display cover to become displaced unlesssupported in position by engagement with a portion of the containercontents.

Having thus fully described what I now conceive to be the preferredembodiment of my invention, it will be understood that variousmodifications may be resorted to within the .scope and spirit of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. Av display cover adapted to be removably associated with an open topcontainer to serveeither as a cover or as a display card therefor, saidcover comprising a single sheet of material presenting a display cardportion and a retaining portion integrally joined together along asuitable fold line, the lower corners of the displaycard portion beingseparated from the retaining J portion by slots affording lockingtongues connected to the body of the display card portion along foldlines spaced from but paralleling the first mentioned fold line.

2. A display cover as claimed in claim 1 in which the sides of theretaining portion are extended beyond the display card portion in theform of laterally projecting flaps joining the re taining portion alongsuitable lines of fold.

3. A display cover adapted to be removably associated with an open topcontainer to serve either as a cover or as a display card therefor, saidcover comprising a single sheet of material presenting a display cardportion and a retaining portion having its upper edge joining the loweredge of the display card portion along a suitable line of fold, thelower corner of the display card portion being separated from theretaining line along which the display card and retaining portions arejoined together.

4. In combination, a container body comprising bottom, side and endwalls said side walls presenting inner and outer sections joinedtogether at their upper edges, a display cover comprising a retainingportion adapted to be arranged in upright position against the innersurface of one of said end walls, and a display card portion having itslower edge integrally joined to the upper edge of the retaining portionalong a suitable fold line so that said display card portion maybedisposed in-a horizontal position over the top of the container or inan inclined or substantially upright display position, the lower cornersof the display card portion being separated from the retaining portionby slits affording locking tongues connected to the body of thedisplaycard portion along fold lines spaced from but paralleling the firstmentioned fold line, said tongues being engageable with the outersurface of the end wall engaged by the retaining portion so as to holdthe display card portion in .its display position and projecting flapscarried by the sides of the retaining portion fitted between the innerand outer sections of the side walls of the container, said flaps beingof a height less than the height of said side wall sections so that theretaining card portion is capable of limited vertical movementsuificient to permit thelocking tongues of the display card portion tobe engaged with the end wall against which the retaining portion bearsto hold the display card portion in its display position or to bedisengaged with said end wall to permit the display card portion to befolded to a horizontal position over the top of the container.

5. A display cover formed from a single sheet of material presenting adisplay card portion and a retaining portion joined togetheralong asuitable line of fold, the lower corners of the display card portionbeing separated from the retaining portion by slits extending inwardlyfrom opposite edges of the sheet along the said line of fold and havingtheir inner ends extended at right angles play card portion to providelocking tongues connected to the body ofsaid display card portion alongfold lines spacedfrom but paralleling the first mentioned fold line;

6. A display cover adapted to be removably associated with an open-topcontainer to serve either as a cover or as a. display card therefor,said cover comprising a display card portion and a retaining portionintegrally joined together along a suitable fold line, and a tongue

